sident in France, in 1829, '30. 217. "Mechilta," the, '32. 46. Mechlenburg, Princess Helena of, married to the Duke of Orleans, *38. 245. Schwerin, grand duchy of, its extent, population, duke, capital, religion, revenue, debt, and army, in 1828, 29. 70, 71; population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; Prussian League, '42. 112. Strelitz, grand duchy of, its extent, population, duke, capital, religion, revenue, debt, and army, in 1828, 29. 70, 71. Medam, a Malabar month, '30. 25. Medes, the, independent, 28. 50. Media destroyed by Cyrus, '28. 51. Medical Benevolent Society, '30. 147. evidence on criminal cases, remarks on, '36. 30, 31. inspector, propriety of the appointment of, '36. 21. jurisprudence, '36. 30-32; works on, enumerated, id. 32. knowledge, danger of a little, '28. 114. men in London and its vicinity, Society for the relief of widows and orphans of, '30. 147. police and jurisprudence, '36. 20-32. Quarterly Review, referred to, '35. 34. skill tested by good Bills of Mortality, '35. 26. Society of London, '30. 163. witnesses at coroner's inquests, their attendance and payment for, Act relating to (6 & 7 W. IV. c. 89), '37, 143. works, danger of those which communicate insufficient information, 28. 114. and Chirurgical Society, '30. 163. and surgical relief, charitable institutions for, in and near London (1839), 30. 139144. Medical and vital statistics: public health, dissertation on, and facts relating to, '40. 29-51. Medicated spirits, &c., duty on, quantity charged with, and amount collected in 1838, '40. 173. Medici, Lorenzo de, '31. 70; '32. 55. Medicine, application of arithmetic to, '39. 24-33. Medicines, should be tasted before being swallowed, 28. 119, 120. and licences, produce of duties on, in 1827, 29. 188; stamps on medicines, amount of, in 1837, 39. 178; the same, in 1838, '40. 173. Medico-Botanical Society, '30. 163. "Meditations on Maimonides," '32. 47. Mediterranean, ports in the, beer, quantity of, exported to, in 1833, '35. 185. Medlars, duty on (1832), '33. 192. Meenom, a Malabar month, '30. 25. Meerbrook Sough Incorporation Act, '42. 192. Meetings of the scientific and literary bodies of London, from November 1831 to June 1832, and their anniversaries, '32. 20; for 1832-33, '33. 19; see further, the several societies under their respective names. Megalotti, '31. 72. Mehemet Ali, matters relating to his dispute with the Porte, '34. 241; he is confirmed in his government of Egypt, &c., id. 244; departs from Cairo to his southern states, '40. 253; claims all his possessions in perpetuity, id. 259; further matters relating to, and the Porte, '40. 257-260; accepts the terms of the allies, '42. 233; gains the hereditary possession of Egypt, id. 235; other matters relating to him, id. 236, 237. Meher, a Persian month, '30. 19. Mehudpore, battle of, '32. 45. Meibomius, H., '31. 74; '32. 65. Meinecke, Charles George, dies, '41. 138. Meir, '31.68; '32.47. Meir, Joseph ben, '32. 47. Samuel ben, '32. 47. Meisenheim, bailiwick of, Prussian Commercial League, '42. 113. Melaleuca armillaris, '31. 41; calycina, id. ib; decussata, id. ib.; fulgens, id. ib; hypericifolia, id. ib.; styphelioides, id. ib. Melancthon, '31. 70, '32. 64; death of, '28. 59. Melbourn Inclosure Act, '40. 212. Melbourne, Viscount, Home Secretary, 31. 240; charge against, by Lord Roden, '37. 193; action against, by Mr. Norton, for crim. con., id. 254; announces his resignation,'40.202; and his re-appointment, id. ib. 203; his declaration relating to the opium trade, '41. 207. administration dissolved, '35. 262; '36. 238; restored, '36. 243; announcement of its resignation, '40. '202; and of its being replaced, id. ib. 203; resign, and are reinstated, id. 258; resignation of, announced, '42. 186; resign, id. 242. Melcombe Regis and Weymouth, population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, $33.61. Meldis, Geoffry de, '37. 22; his Meletius, 31. 76; '32. 51. Melksham, population of, 33. 75; attack on a steam-carriage at, '30. 263. Melpers, territory of, Prussian Commercial League, '42. 114. Melrose, population of, '33. 87. Melton Mowbray, population of, '33. 67. Melton's "Astrologaster" referred to, '40. 28+. Melville, Lord, tried, '28. 63; President of the Board of Control, '29. 234. Members of Parliament, greatest number of, present on particular divisions, from 1806 to 1831, '34. 175. Members of Parliament, Act amending the laws relating to the qualifications of (1 and 2 Vict. c. 48), '39. 152. privilege from Arrest Bill introduced by Mr. A. Baring, '33. 197. Memel, consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 180; highest and lowest price of wheat at, in 1831 and 1835, '42. 80; quantity of corn which could be imported from, if a fixed duty were imposed, '42. 82; other facts relating to the supply of corn from, id. 83, 85, 86. "Mémoires de l'Academie," referred to, '30. 51. "Mémoires de la Société de Physique, et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève," article on clouds by Prinsep in, referred to, '30. 44, 45. "Mémoires de Trévoux," cited, '35. 9. Memorandum in writing, necessary to the validity of certain promises and engagements, Act for (9 G. IV. c. 14), 29. 143–145. Memorial against the branch banks of the Bank of England, '29. 238. Memory-rhymes, observations on, Mendicancy, Society for the Suppres sion of, '30. 150. societies in Ireland (1830), '31 115. establishments in Holland for the relief of, '29. 131—. 135. Mendizabel, prime minister of Spain, '36. 250; resigns, '37. 254. and Isturitz, duel be tween, '37. 253. Mendoza, '31. 73. Cardinal, '28. 58. Diego de, '32. 70. L. de, '31. 71; '32. 70. Meneses, A. de, '31. 75; 32. 71. Mensuration of a degree, 29.62. Mercer's Company, their property in Long Acre, '34. 212; their proposed improvements in Long Acre, '31. 217. Hall, decoration of, '38. 233. Merchandize not otherwise charged duty on (1832), '33. 193. prices of, in London markets, in 1834, '36. 178. foreign and colonial, exports of, from Great Britain to foreign parts, in the years ending 5th January, 1835-36, 37. 162. Merchant Seaman's Auxiliary Bible Society, '30. 153; Orphan Asylum, id. 156; Society, id. 147. seamen, Act to amend Act 20 Geo. II. for the relief and support of sick, maimed, and disabled seamen, and the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the merchant service (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 52), '35. 148-150; Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to, and for forming and maintaining a register of all the men engaged in that service (5 Meridians, what they are, '42. 21. of longitude, first, '31. 78, 79. Meridional instrument, Copernicus, '29. 62. Merino defeated, and his adherents shot, '35, 253. Merionethshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 79; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 80; summary of same, in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id, 89; the same, in 1841, '42. 108; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 110; difference of time between the principal towns of, and London, '31. 22; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, '34. 89; rental of charities, and income of schools in, 36. 175; excise licences issued, and public houses in, number of (1831), 32. 185; houses, number of inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, 42. 108; jurors in, in 1835, '37. 175; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 93; offenders in, and proportion of, to population (1837), '39. 90; RATES; amount of poor and county rates levied in, in 1826, '29. 197; the same, for 1827, and account of its expenditure, id. 198; amount of poor-rate levied in, from March 1827 to March 1828, and expenditure of same, '30. 216; from March 1828 to March 1829, '31. 195; for year ending 25th March, 1830,'33. 184; for year ending 25th March, 1831, id, 187; expended on the poor in year ending Easter 1832, 34. 175; amount levied, and expenditure of same, for year ending 25th March, 1833, 35. 189; in the year ending 25th March, 1834, '36. 174; proportion of paupers relieved to the population, in 1839 and 1840, '42. 168; schools, number of Church of England, in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; house-tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, for year ending 5th April, 1830, 32. 106, 107; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 193; trusts in, and income and expenditure of same, in 1834, '37. 177; the same, and length of the roads, in 1839, '42. 122; Roads Act, '35. 222. Merlin, Ambrose, prophecies of, fulfilled, '40. 25, 26. "Merlinus Liberatus," the, '29. 10. Merriman, Dr., his observations on difficult parturition referred to, '39. 29. Mersey Reservoirs Act, '38. 210. Merstham, Croydon, and Godstone Railway, account of, '37. 86; '41. 62. Merthyr-Tidvil, population and representation of, '33. 80; Market Act, '36. 207; Small Debts Repeal Act, 35. 221; riots at, and several killed, '32. 238. Merton College, Oxford, early noted for science, '37. 23. Meshri, an Arabic month, '30. 16. Mesir, a Coptic month, '30. 16. Mesne process, number of warrants in London, Middlesex, and Surrey, in 1828, 30. 214; of warrants on, in London, in 1829, 31. 194; in Middlesex, id. ib.; in Surrey, id. ib.; number of prisoners committed on, in 1831 and 1832, '34. 172. Mesne process, abolition of arrest upon, under 20., 28. 155-157. (Ireland) arrest upon, under 201. abolished, '30. 180. imprisonment for debt on, abolished, '39. 167, 168. Mesori, a Coptic month, 30. 16. Mespilus japonica, '29. 66; pyracantha, id. ib. Message from the Crown announcing the King's (George IV.) illness, '31. 205; to Parliament on Portuguese affairs, '28. 68. Messidon, month of, '30. 20. Messier, his discovery of numerous comets, '35. 127. and Mechain, their description of the comet of 1786, '29. 24. Messina, earthquake in, '28. 68; consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 181. Metageitmon, an Attic month, '30. 8. Metal leaves, duty on (1829), '30. 202. ores, punishment for stealing, '28. 135. Metals, quantity of, imported into and exported from the United Kingdom, in 1832, '34. 168, 169; value of exports of, in years end. ing 5th January, 1833 and 1834, '35. 173; manufactured, value of exports of, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 157; imported and exported, in 1836, 38. 177; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 185; the same, in 1838, 40. 177; the same, in 1839, '41. 184; in 1840, 42 157. Metastasio, '31. 74; '32. 57. Metaurus, Asdrubal, slain at the, '28. 53. Metcalf, Sir Charles, opens the House of Assembly in Jamaica, '42. 233. "Meteor" schooner, blown up, '35. 255. "Meteorological Essays and Observations," by J. F. Daniell, referred to, '30. 68+. "Méthode Numérique," advocated by M. Louis, opposition to it, '39. 25-27. Methuen treaty, '31. 50; injurious effects of, '35. 110. Metochita, Theoc., '31. 68; '32. 51. Meton, invents the cycle of nineteen years, '30. 9. Metonic cycle, '29. 58. Mètre (French), its value, '30. 113. "Metres," on, '32. 49. Metropolis, limits of, what, '32. 150; state of crime in, in 1833, '35. 188; state of supply of water in the, '29. 102-109; supply of water to the (1834), '35. 128. Cemetery Act, '33. 210. Improvements Act (2 and 3 Vict. c. 80), '40. 162; further Act (3 and 4 Vict. c. 87), '41. 165; further Bill debated, '42. 181; further Act (4 Vict. c. 12), id. 126. Police Act (1829), (10 G. IV. c. 44), '30. 182-187; Police Act (New), (2 and 3 Vict. c. 47), 40. 153-155; Police Courts, Act for regulating the (2 and 3 Vict. c. 71), id. 159—— 161; Act better defining the powers of justices (3 and 4 Vict. c. 84), '41. 164. Roads Amendment Act (10 G. IV. c. 59), 30. 193195; roads, debt of, in 1821 and 1833, 34. 237; turnpike roads, third report of the commissioners of the, referred to, '30. 243; another report on the diminution of income, '42. 119, 120; tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, id. 118. Metropolitan Literary Institution, '30. 162. Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, completed, and description of, 31. 220. police, abstract of the regulations of, '30. 131-138; police district, its extent, &c. (1829), id. 183. street improvements, in 1829, 30. 238; '31. 215-217; '33. 213, 214; '34. 208-213; '35. '234-237. Suspension Bridge Act, 37. 219; Amendment Act, '39. 211. Metrosideros hispida, '31. 41; speciosa, id. ib. Meun, Jean de, '31. 69; '32. 67. Meunier, attempts to assassinate Louis Philippe, tried and condemned to, death, '38. 243; sentence commuted, id. 245. "Meurtre," meaning of the term, '36. 59+. Mexborough Road Act, '39. 213. Mexican cycle, '30. 29, 30; year, id. ib. sage, '31. 43. Mexicans, their accuracy in the computation of time, '30. 29. Mexico, extent and population of, in 1828, '28. 73; United States of, their extent, population, president, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army, and navy, in 1828, 29.74, 75; gold and silver, value of, raised in, from 1790 to 1829, 34. 180; the country discovered, '30. 94; Gulf of, explored, id. ib., the country conquered, '28. 59; suppression of titles in, id. 67; erected into an empire, id. 65; constitution of, id. 66; expulsion of Spaniards from, '30. 261; Spanish expedition against, id. 263; revolution in, '31. 233; its independence acknowledged by England, id. 61; British consulgeneral, consul, and vice-consuls to, where employed, and amount of their salaries (1828), id. 182; Santa Anna installed president of, '34. 243; see SANTA ANNA; cholera, ravages of, at, id. 217; order |